The Ivy League Is Overrated, Says Ivy-Dominated New Republic
The magazine has a point!
Media
Bad Things Happen in an Instant, But Good News Takes Time
Journalists do a bad job telling you about what's really changing in the world because we miss the stories that happen slowly.
Why Did Nicholas Kristof Believe Somaly Mam's Lies?
The roots and consequences of a deception.
Santa Barbara Stabbing and Shooting Spree Can Be Used to Advance All Kinds of Agendas
But especially the ones trotted out after every sufficiently newsworthy tragedy like this
Good News: The Bad News Is Overhyped
Optimism isn't just an attitude-it's an accurate assessment of how well the human race has fared over the past several centuries.
A Retiree Digitizes 27 Million Old Newspaper Pages in His Living Room (and Libraries Fight to Catch Up)
A wonderful new web portal for searching the old Brooklyn Daily Eagle.
Choose Your Own Adventure
Propaganda, games, and the quest for a more 'democratic' media environment.
Liberal Pundits of the World Unite Over Thomas Piketty's New Book
Democratic pundits have enthusiastically and unconditionally embraced Capital in the Twenty-First Century, a book that evokes Karl Marx and talks about tweaking the Soviet experiment.
Media Hysteria Watch: Local News Show Freaks Out Over Footage of a Car Briefly Stopping
The abduction attempt that wasn't.
Errol Morris on Donald Rumsfeld, The Unknown Known, and Evidence-Based Journalism
"We're all morons" says the Oscar-winning filmmaker. And that's just the beginning of our problems.
